Part of the Indiana Biographies Project
Absalom Mendenhall
Absalom Mendenhall, was born Oct. 25. 1805, in Clinton County, Ohio, a son of Stephen and Ann (Bell) Mendenhall, natives of Tennessee and North Carolina respectively. Soon after their marriage they settled in Clinton County, Ohio, where the father died in 1840, and the mother survived several years. Our subject was the second of their seven children. He was reared on a farm and acquired a limited education in the primitive schools of his day in his native county. He was married Aug. 30, 1832, to Alice, daughter of Elisha Davis, of Huntington County, Pa. They were the parents of three children, two still living — Elizabeth A., a teacher for many years in the public and private schools, and Sarah J. In 1833 he left Clinton County moving to Henry County, Ind., where he bought a farm and followed farming till 1836, after which he bought his father's farm in Clinton County, Ohio, which he cultivated until 1852. He then purchased a farm in Wayne Township, Wayne Co., Ind., on which he lived until his removal to Richmond in 1874. He was always an active supporter of the Society of Friends. His wife died Feb. 19, 1873. Absalom Mendenhall died March 1, 1884, after a severe illness of ten days.
Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2